Virtually everything we do today … requires less effort and less time than it did when our parents were our age. And yet, we are more stressed, less contented and have less time to ourselves than virtually any previous generation in recorded history.

American Lifestyle in 1957

Here’s what the Dali Lama has to say:

“It is fascinating. In the West, you have bigger homes, yet smaller families; you have endless conveniences — yet you never seem to have any time. You can travel anywhere in the world, yet you don’t bother to cross the road to meet your neighbours. I don’t think people have become more selfish, but their lives have become easier and that has spoilt them. They have less resilience, they expect more, they constantly compare themselves to others and they have too much choice — which…